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The peacock’s tale: Robin Wight shows his colours
Scotland
Robin Wight, the ‘W’ in WCRS, is as well known for his dress sense as his advertising. But it is his advertising that has seen him work for the likes of BMW, Orange and Vodaphone, not his snappy suits. We asked leading players in the Scottish advertis
So, before we set the Scottish advertising industry loose on one of the UK’s best known ad men, a little bit about the character that TV intellecto Steven Fry described as a man “We should all listen to”.
After working as a copywriter in a number of agencies including Collett Dickinson Pearce and Partners, he co-founded Wight Collins Rutherford Scott with Peter Scott in 1979.
He remains chairman of the agency to this day, now under the auspices of the Engine Group, which he also helped found – and chair – and was part of the management team that led the MBO from Havas in 2004.
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